Environmental science

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Across
  1. 2. the variable you are changing in an experiment
  2. 6. logical guess
  3. 8. the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles
  4. 11. The production of machinery allowed for advances in medicine, agriculture, and other technologies
  5. 12. the variable you are measuring in an experiment
  6. 18. places value on the ecosystem or community as a whole rather than individuals
  7. 19. Watching something carefully to gain information
  8. 21. the ability of an ecosystem to regulate air, soil, or water quality, provide flood control or disease control
  9. 22. replacing what’s used at the same rate
  10. 25. When a shared (common) resource is unregulated, individuals will consume it at a selfish rate
  11. 26. natural resources that are naturally replenished over short periods of time
  12. 29. a term used to describe the way in which scientists gather and use information
  13. 31. all living things and the nonliving things with which they interact
  14. 32. provides the necessities to allow an ecosystem to function
  15. 33. the amount of a resource available
  16. 35. goods that humans use directly from the ecosystem
  17. 36. a measure of the demands made by one person or group on global natural resources
  18. 37. policies focused on the threat of punishment if rules are not followed
  19. 38. explains a phenomenon and is supported by many different fields of evidence
  20. 39. looks for patterns or rules in the natural world
Down
  1. 1. policies that are a combination of both regulations & incentives
  2. 3. rules put in place to regulate the effects of human activities on the environment
  3. 4. The variable you are keeping the same in an experiment
  4. 5. the encouragement of an environmentally friendly activity through subsidies or tax breaks
  5. 7. non-material benefits that people obtain from the ecosystem
  6. 9. data in numbers, measurements
  7. 10. an individual at the same level of education or specialization
  8. 13. deciding whether a decision is worth what is gained
  9. 14. places value on each and every organism, including humans
  10. 15. data in descriptions, words
  11. 16. the number of people that are willing to purchase or use that resource
  12. 17. Humans shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to live in communities, raise livestock and plant crops
  13. 20. places the most value on human populations and human welfare
  14. 23. natural resources that take a long time to replenish
  15. 24. a logical way of thinking about the world.
  16. 27. A purely scientific study of natural environments
  17. 28. compares new things to the rules of the natural world
  18. 30. activism A social movement in which people or organizations advocate for protection of the natural environment
  19. 34. a testable explanation for a question or problem